Mr. Sohn is the head of the Firm’s Korean office. His practice focuses on international arbitration, cross-border litigation and international business transactions. He also has substantial experience in technology transfers and licensing. Prior to joining the Firm, he was a partner at Barun Law, a highly regarded international law firm located in Seoul, Korea, where he advised industry leaders on both foreign and domestic business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital investments, joint ventures, licensing and technology transfers. Mr. Sohn also served for five years as General Counsel of TG Trigem Computer, Inc., one of South Korea’s leading computer companies, where he managed the company’s domestic and overseas litigations and international arbitrations, including patent infringement suits, products liability class action cases and securities disputes, and supervised the legal departments of the company’s subsidiaries in the U.S., Japan, China, Mexico, Australia, Germany, Taiwan and the Netherlands. While at Trigem, Mr. Sohn led numerous financing transactions with GE Capital, Merrill Lynch, and CSFB among other prominent financial institutions. Mr. Sohn also served as Senior Legal Counsel at the World Headquarters of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. where he was a lead counsel for the company’s overseas transactions. He is a member of the Firm’s Diversity Committee.
